ALFA 2017: African Learning Forum on Adaptation

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Towards a climate-resilient Africa

This communiqué represents the voices of participants who attended the Africa Learning Forum on Adaptation (ALFA2017) in Saly, Senegal, March 2017. Coming from 52 African and global government and non-state organisations working across the spectrum of adaptation policy, finance, practice, capacity building and research, in 23 African countries ALFA2017 deliberated on the significant threat climate change poses to Africa’s sustainable development and how an increased commitment to people centred adaptation and collaborative learning could address this serious issue.